Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Reveals Gov’t Rules In Dealing With Civil Wars

Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, center, gestures as he arrives with Army Commander Lt. Gen. Jagath Jayasuriya for a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Sri Lanka’s military on Thursday asked the government to introduce its own rules to deal with civil wars, saying existing international humanitarian laws cover only state actors and not terrorist organizations.

Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa addresses the media in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. <AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena>